The presence of a pair of very large eyes that face forwards and long, slender legs that at rest are aligned in pairs to form an X are features of this and other Deinopis species. It is not too difficult to find a specimen with the characteristic net attached to its legs. Alternatively, abandoned nets are sometimes found where deinopids are common.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Deinopis subrufa. Note that D. ravida has a very similar appearance to D. subrufa and there appears to be some
uncertainty that they are indeed separate species. However, at the present time they are listed as different species in Platnick's World Spider Catalog.

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Last updated 23 November 2012.